The movie doesn't trust that an illuminating comedy of pathetic people can be entertaining for long, so it sprinkles some hormones on the proceedings.

The film loses some of its sting once the race narrows, but its outcome and the politically, emotionally astute fade-out are suitably devastating.

The Method is a funny film that touches on a corporation's responsibility to society, the price of ambition and the persistence of workplace sexism.

Based on a stage play by Jordi Galcern, The Method delivers a darkly comic take on corporate competitiveness.